The mission of Caritas is to fight poverty and
inequality. Its work on integral human
development through the thematic areas of
emergencies, climate change, health and
peacebuilding means that it is tuned into
some of the root causes of migration. Caritas
understands the lack of opportunities and
choices that lead people to migrate.

Everyone should have the right to migrate or
to stay where they are. Migrants, who are
often poor and marginalised, should be in a
condition to make choices and shape their
lives in a way that they will prosper.

Caritas member organisations are located in
many of the major departure, transit and
arrival countries for migrants. As an
international confederation, Caritas can offer
guidance and assistance at all stages of the
journey.

Caritas’s work with migrants is wide and
deep. It attempts to address the many
complex issues that women face at every
stage of the migration journey.